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Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain; Bill Mckibben
ReviewMemoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War by Mark Twain, published in 1883. The book begins with a brief history of the river from it... -
Life in a Medieval City - Joseph Gies; Frances Gies
For students, researchers, and history lovers, a look at day-to-day life in a rarely explored era. "About life and death, midwives and funerals, business, books and authors, and to... -
Life Beyond Measure - Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans becau... -
Lethal Passage_ The Story of a - Erik Larson
This devastating book begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, sixteen-year-old Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high scho... -
Let's Take the Long Way Home_ A - Gail Caldwell
SUMMARY: “It’s an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.” So begins this gorgeous memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Ga... -
Legacy of Ashes (The History of - Tim Weiner
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Leaving Church - Barbara Brown Taylor
One of America's most renowned and beloved preachers tells the moving story of how she searched for her own authentic way of keeping faith—even when it meant giving up her pulpit. -
Leap of Faith - Danielle Steel
From Publishers WeeklySteel's usual verve is all but absent from her 52nd novel, a hasty Cinderella story that begins when heroine Marie-Ange Hawkins goes from an idyllic French ch... -
Le Freak_ An Upside Down Story - Nile Rodgers
Amazon.com ReviewA Letter from Author Nile Rodgers: The Reason I Wrote *Le Freak* I started writing Le Freak to answer some questions I had abo... -
Last Man in Tower - Aravind Adiga
Review“As with The White Tiger, [in Last Man in Tower] Adiga describes an India that is avaricious, acquisitive and insecure. His earlier work told the story of a de...